Taking forward the Narendra Modi government’s claim of creating “lakhs of jobs”, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has asserted that the departments under him have provided employment to one crore youths since the NDA government came to power in May 2014.

As banks work overtime to resolve dud loans worth over Rs 8 trillion, Union minister Nitin Gadkari today claimed proactive steps taken by the government in the road sector have helped save Rs 3 trillion of loans from slipping into bad assets.

The Centre is fully for bringing petroleum products under GST scheduled for implementing from July 1, and the GST Council will require to take a decision on taxing these as per the new indirect tax regime, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

The government is eyeing close to Rs 30,000-crore investment for expansion of LPG production and distribution network in next three years as it widens cooking gas coverage by giving out a record number of connections

Pradhan's presence at the road shows indicates the seriousness of the NDA government to interact at the highest level with investors community for its Discovered Small oil and gas Fields. Both London and Singapore are the key financial centres for global oil and gas community, to publicize and attract investments.

In a bid to showcase 67 of India’s discovered oil and gas fields before the global investors community at Singapore and London, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan will be part of the roadshows to be held in these two countries from 9-14 September, 2016. Under this bid round, 67 Discovered Small Fields (DSF) are being offered for international bidding. These fields are spread over 9 sedimentary basins and will be offered in 46 contract areas. These fields are projected to yield 625 million barrels of oil and oil equivalent gas and spread over 1,500 sq kms in onland, shallow water and deep water